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was " so saturateil with water that tlv^ yield is light and the qnali ^ 

 poor." Tlie average quality ior the State is 8 per cent, below that of last 

 year, while in all the other New England States it is better than last 

 year. Orleans, Vermont, has marketed many thousand bushels, at 20 

 to 25 cents, for starch. Berkshire, Massachusetts, reports the heaviest 

 crops for many years,, selling at 30 to 35 cents. In Washington and 

 Warren, N. Y., the crop was injured " by a large white grub."' 

 Montgomery, Penn., reports that owing to the beetle many localities did 

 not return the seed. But this is the only really adverse return. The 

 ])revailiug descriptions of product are "immense,'' "prodigious," "greater 

 than for twenty years," " greater than ever before," &c. The quality 

 averges for the State 2 per cent, better than last year. The price re- 

 ported in Cambria is 30 to 40 cents. In Virginia the yield is 8 per cent., 

 and the average quantity is 3 per cent, better than in 1874. The returns 

 from King George state that "neglected fields were completely ruined 

 by the beetle," and from Washington, that the Peerless, especially, have 

 rotted badly. 



xlu unprecedented yield is indicated generally throughout the valleys 

 of the Ohio, the Mississippi, and the Missouri. The same is true of 

 Michigan as a whole, though there are some local exceptions. Menom- 

 inee reports a yield much less than last year, but of good quality, while 

 Delta reports a light yield, with quality much below par. In Antrim 

 and Charlevoix, Peach-blows did not fully ripen. On the other hand, 

 many counties report extraordinary crops in both yield and quality — 

 among them, Lapeer, Lenawee, and Jackson, the largest ever grown 5 

 Newaygo, the best in yield and quality ever known, "selling at 20 cents, 

 if lucky enough to find a buyer;" Tuscola, an extra crop, selling at 25 

 cents. Williams, Ohio, reports the best crop in yield and quality ever 

 grown; dull at 25 cents. "Many specimens weigh 3 to 4^ pounds." 

 The minimum price is 15 cents, in Marshall, Indiana; Schuyler, Illinois; 

 Blue Earth, Minnesota: Pottawattomie, Iowa; and Clay, Kansas. In 

 Mitchell, Kansas, the Peerless yielded 400 bushels per acre; and Butler 

 jn-oduced many single potatoes weighing more than 1=} pounds. Hall, 

 Nebraska, reports that from about 3 acres 1,100 bushels of excellent 

 quality were sold off. 



Maine. — PiscoAaqnis : JSmall, owing to early rust. Aroosiooh : Extensively raised 

 both for food aud for starcli. Usually an abundant yield of superior quality ; but this 

 year the crop has been so saturated with water that the yield is light and the quality 

 poor. Waldo : Very light crop, owing to rust, and the quality not average. Camber- 

 land: Rotting to some extent in the cellar. 



Vermont. — Orleans : Late potatoes injured by severe freezes. Many thousand bush- 

 els marketed for starch at 20 to 25 cents per bushel. Rutland : A large yield and low 

 prices, 25 to 30 cents. Caledonia : Good yield and excellent quality. 



Massachusetts.— i>ej'^>7u"re ; The heaviest crop for uiany years, and of excellent 

 i|uality ; price, 30 to 35 cents. 



New York. — Washington : Tlie crop materially injured by a large white grub. War- 

 ren : Much lighter crop than was anticipated; injured by a large white grub, and 

 Peach-blows injured by frost before fully grown. Wyoming : Some aifected by the rot. 

 i'iullivan: Unusually good. 



New Jersey. — Ocean : The smallest yield for many years, owing to early dry weather, 

 the beetles, aud excessive rains in August. Burlinyion : Late varieties destroyed by 

 the beetle. 



PENNSYI.VAXIA. — Elk : A prodigious yield, of superior quality. Montgomery : Many 

 localities did not return the bushels planted, owing to the Colorado beetle. Armstrong : 

 Large, aud in good condition. Camiria : Immense crop ; selling at 30 to 40 cents. 

 Sullivan : Never better. Bedford : Excellent. Butler : Not such a crop in quantity and 

 quality for the last twenty years ; all housed in good condition. AliJJUn : Very large 

 crop, and excellent in quality ; more in the county than ever before in one year. Colum- 

 hia : Gathered, aud keeping well. Lycoming : The crop very abundant and the quality 

 line. Tioga : Less in yield, but of excellent quality. 



Maryland.— i^/Yr?(rtf;>; ; A little rot. Dorchester : Almost a failure, on ace niut of the 



